Fairy Tale Horse Racing (Puzzles) (Translate by : Beta).

Fairy Tale Horse Racing (Puzzles)

(Translate by : Beta).

Sir the Teacher Dadang is storytelling

I still remember this fairy tale, once told by my teacher when I was at grade fifth Bhinneka II Karawang elementary school He began to tell:

"In ancient times when there was a prosperous Kingdom, the people lived in peace and happiness. His king was old, he wanted to pass on power to his child, but he only had a daughter which was not justified by the royal system. The one who was entitled to receive the legacy of power was either his son or son-in-law, therefore the king opened the contest to seek his future son-in-law

Fairy tale is small but very important

After waiting for a long time, the Prime Minister announced this contest and there were many people registered join it even some of them were from abroad. Long story short, there are only 2 candidates of the champion, namely Prince of the neighbour Kingdom and the Prince of from this Kingdom. They were very good in the science of war, proven by defeated their opponents easily. And,  they had been fighting a war for 2 days  and 2 nights without anybody showing defeat (It just a story btw.. hehehe) 

Seeing this, the King summoned the Prime Minister for a meeting to find a solution. Finally, the war was stopped then replaced by a horse racing in which had extraordinary rules. The rules was that the last horse finishing the race would be the champion (Hmm .. such a strange rules ya, considering that usually the Champion is the first one who enters finish lane. Therefore, it is called a fairy tale). 

The next day, those horses was ready to race. The White-colored horse belongs to the Prince of the Seberang Country, and the red horse belongs to the Prince of Neighbor's Country. Before the race began, the King gave the following announcement: "The winner of this race was the last horse arriving in finish lane. Then He will be directly married to my daughter and immediately appointed as a King" 

Storytelling is rarely done

The king had already carried the start flag. By counting the number 3.... 2... 1... the race began and the whole crowd of cheers echoes along the path of horse racing. But, it turns out that those two horses didn’t move at all: They were still behind the starting line.

The King got confused and thought that this racing horse might not finish in 7 days and 7 night so he conducted another meeting and invited a well-known advisor. This advisor whispered to the King and then the King was smiled as he already found solution of this problem. 

Then the horse racing started again with the same rules. The king began counting down ... 3 ... .2 ... .1 ... and directly those horses darted off very fast ..., like an arrow that was loose from his bow. 

In a short time, the winner was the Prince of Neighbor Country. Therefore, a wedding party held immediately for 3 days in a row and at the same time the Kinge surrendered his power to his son-in-law.

Actually the fairy tale has finished but my teacher asked about what solution given by the advisor to the King. So, here’s the answer: Advisor said ‘just exchange the horse not the person’ hehehehehehe... That’s the end of the story. . Hopefully this simple tale is beneficial to all of us. Thank you

Karawang, 14 April 2018.